Past Events

Getting Started with AI for Spatial Data

September 18, 2026

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1:00PM - 4:00PM EDT

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1737 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA. CGIS South Building. Room SB-12. Take the elevator to the SB level.

In Person

Instructors: Zifu Wang and Devika Jain Description: This 3 hour interactive workshop introduces participants to the practical use of Large Language Models (LLMs) for text classification tasks using real-world geotagged Twitter data. Participants will...

Introduction to GIS

September 11, 2026

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1:00PM - 3:00PM EDT

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1737 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA. CGIS Knafel Building. Room SB-12 in the sub-basement.

In Person

Download Workshop Materials This two hour workshop introduces what Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are and what they are useful for. Specifically, this workshop will: 1) Describe geographic file types and data formats, 2) Explain how geographic data...

Digital Timescapes in Urban Public Space: How Social Media Folds Pasts into Presents

September 10, 2026

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2:30PM - 4:00PM EDT

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CGIS Knafel building, 1737 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA

Hybrid

Presentation by Dr. Tabea Bork-Hüffer | Room K354, CGIS Knafel | Zoom link to register to attend virtually. | To request to view a video recording of this presentation, please use this form to contact us. Abstract: Digital representations of space, place...

GIS Institute Summer 2026

Jun. 8 - Jun 18, 2026

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9:30AM - 5:00PM EDT

In Person

The GIS Institute is a two-week training course in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and its application to research. The program is designed for Harvard graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, faculty, and staff, as well as external researchers who...

Satellite Imagery Analysis with Google Earth Engine

April 3, 2026

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1:00PM - 3:00PM EDT

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1737 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA. CGIS Knafel Building. Room SB-12 in the sub-basement.

In Person

Lecture Slides Link | KNIME Hub Workflow Link | Reference Book This two-hour workshop introduces satellite imagery analysis with Google Earth Engine (GEE) using KNIME’s GEE extension. Specifically, this workshop will: 1) Explain how remote sensing imagery...

GIS Workshop for GH 706

April 2, 2026

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9:00AM - 12:00PM EDT

In Person

Learning objectives: Learning some basic GIS terminology and data structure Creating a general reference map of Tanzania using QGIS that includes roads, cities, rivers, and administrative borders. These skills can then be applied to make a general...

Mapping workshop for HAA 73 course "Money Matters"

March 30, 2026

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12:30PM - 2:45PM EDT

In Person

The CGA will teach a workshop to students in the Department of History of Art and Architecture class "Money Matters". Students will learn the basics of GIS, and will practice mapping data in different formats. Click here to download workshop materials.

UPD Urban Analytics Seminar Series: Dr. Tyler Haupert

March 30, 2026

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12:00PM - 1:30PM EDT

In Person

“Land Use Restrictiveness and Mortgage Access: How Regulatory Environments Condition Racial and Income Disparities in Loan Approvals and Pricing” Presentation by Dr. Tyler Haupert Monday, March 30, 12:00-1:30pm Gund Hall, Room 112 (Stubbins) Hosted by the...

EIP Student of the Year Award

Mar 15, 2026

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11:55PM EDT

In Person

The Esri Innovation Program (EIP) Student of the Year is an annual award open to all Harvard students, sponsored by Esri and administered by the CGA. Its purpose is to recognize outstanding achievements in developing novel tools or techniques for...

Urban Conversations Breakfast event with Geoff Boeing

March 10, 2026

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10:00AM - 11:30AM EDT

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Graduate School of Design, Gund Hall 112, 48 Quincy St. Cambridge, MA 02138

In Person

Please join us for "Universality in Urban Form," an Urban Conversations event with speaker Geoff Boeing. Urban street networks shape city form, accessibility, mobility, and resilience. Prior work has emphasized differences between cities' street network...

Geography Seminar: A City Is Sometimes a Tree

March 9, 2026

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12:00PM EDT

In Person

Please join us for "A City Is Sometimes a Tree," an Urban Conversations event with speaker Geoff Boeing in conversation with Carole Voulgaris. Geoff is an Associate Professor at the University of Southern California Price School of Public Policy...

Breakfast Seminar in urban planning with Elizabeth Delmelle

February 27, 2026

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9:30AM - 11:00AM EST

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Harvard Graduate School of Design, Gund Hall, Room 112

In Person

Please join us for a breakfast seminar with Elizabeth Delmelle: "Marketing Neighborhoods: Real Estate Advertisement Language and Persistent Patterns of Racial Segregation," at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Gund 112, 9:30-11am...